Reggie Bush Quotations

We're in state of shock. It's tough, but at the same time we have nothing to hang our heads about.

We're going to do everything we can to bring a championship to New Orleans.

What (the offensive line has) been able to do up front has been amazing.

We're here for you and we're going to have fun.

When this is all said and done, everybody will see at the end of the day that we've done nothing, absolutely nothing wrong.

Oh, yeah. I'm going to take a vacation.

Obviously, me and Alex never knew that this was possible. It would be great if that could happen. I remember talking about this day when I was a little kid in Pop Warner football.

I was surprised. He said he was hurt.

I guess I'm the best running back, at least this year. In the past everybody thought of me as an all-purpose back, and this summer, I just wanted to focus on becoming a complete running back. First and foremost, I would like to be known as a great running back. It's a great honor to win that award.

I got out of my focus and tried to make a statement and that was really poor leadership on my part. I apologized to the team for that, and it's not going to happen again.

I have faith in him and his play-making ability. Just the fact I know Matt and I know what kind of player he is. He's not going to give up. He's not always going to win the game with his arm.

I have decided to forego my senior season and declare myself eligible for the 2006 NFL Draft. I will get my degree and I will get it from USC. That's something extremely important for me.

I don't have any objections to playing for them, none at all. It's exciting for me to know that. I'm not objecting to it, so it'd be exciting to play for the Texans.

I don't have to down-talk Oklahoma. Everyone saw the way we played, saw the way Oklahoma played. It's really pretty self-explanatory.

I don't know what happened to the other running backs in the past, why they weren't successful and what they did, but I know I'm going to be successful. I know what I can do.

I could see where people could make that comparison (of Bush with Sayers). With all the cut-backs, ability to make people miss, I could see some similar characteristics.

I felt good about what I did today and had a good time. It's good to be able to give back and see the smiles on the kids' faces. That's what it's all about -- giving back. 'Get Fit' made me think about when I was a kid and how I looked up to others.

I feel like if I would have made the pitch and we'd scored, it would have been the greatest play in college history.

I feel like whatever team I do go to, I can help out a lot. If I were about to go to Houston and they already have a great quarterback and a great receiver, maybe it's just the little piece to the puzzle that they're missing.

I feel like I've been making those kinds of plays and those kinds of moves since I was 9 years old. It's God's gift. It's a blessing, and I'm just trying to make the most of that blessing.

Fourth down, no timeouts. That's what the Trojans are all about.

I don't think it has given anyone any reason that we can fall. We are just showing them how much heart we have. We are not going to give up easy at all.

For the teams that are going to be playing us, you just better be ready.

I always idolized guys like Deion Sanders, Barry Sanders, Steve Young and the entire 49ers team, really. I was a huge 49ers fan growing up.

He will definitely be remembered as one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play.

Whatever happens in this game, it won't have any effect on me. Obviously it will just (affect) who gets the first pick in the NFL draft. ... Like I said from Day 1, I won't be worried about it until after the season.

We feel like if we go out there and dominate and play like we know how, then the rest should take care of itself. Every call we make, we feel like we'll take it the distance.

He's a great coach, a guy that I had a chance to play for and know very well. So I would obviously love the opportunity to get a chance to play for Coach Chow again.

He's a game breaker just like I am. And he has the ability to do the same thing. You have to respect a guy like him.

He's already made it clear that he wants to try to make it a platform, so what can you do?

Hmm, the best thing about being in the NFL? In America it's the No.1 sport; it's exciting, fun, so to me the best thing is the buzz that surrounds football on and off the field.

I think I proved that I'm the number-one pick.

I think it's a positive statement, that we could possibly compete as one of the greatest offenses, the greatest teams, in college football ever.

I thought, this is what college football is all about. I thought, these are the moments you remember forever.

Overall, I think I proved I should be the No. 1 pick. I thought I maybe could have pushed a 4.29 out of there, but overall I'm pretty happy.

That cost us some momentum. But I'd done it before, and it had worked for me. I was just trying to make a play. We tried to do too much tonight.

My parents leased the house, just like any normal family would. It's kind of funny how this whole story is getting blown out of proportion.

My pastor at church told me that what's going on now is similar to a horse race. The horses come out of the gate with blinders on. The reason they do this is so they don't get distracted. Well, that's how I am with this. I'm focused on what is ahead.

Matt, he's doing really good right now. He's back to his old self. When he's doing well, we're all doing well.

I think I'm overdue for a punt return. We wanted to really focus on putting fear back in people's hearts of kicking deep to us.

I think he's the best running back right now and I just wanted to get a chance to work out with him, see what it takes to be that guy and get to the level he's at. Whatever you think is the most you can work out, double that.

I'm still on West Coast time. So maybe I have a little jet lag or just up to this point for me I haven't really worked on, like, my 40 time. I haven't done too much focusing in that area, as opposed to just trying to gain weight and get bigger and stronger. And now this month I'll focus on my 40 time a little bit more than I have in the last month.

I'm sick of seeing us on TV. We're on TV so much, it's ridiculous.

I'm sick of seeing it on TV. I'm sure they are.

I'm happy for him and I know it'll work out for him. I'm behind him 100 percent. He's like my brother.

I'm hoping to be the No.1 pick. That's what I'm planning.

That was pure instincts. That wasn't premeditated at all. I was just trying to be a playmaker. I had used that play a bunch of times in high school, but it didn't work out this time.

I would hope it wouldn't turn out that way. I would hope that the city would welcome me with open arms. I know the fans want him to come here. But it's not the fans' choice. It's the choice of the program and the coaches.

I would like to be known first and foremost as a running back. Over this summer, I really tried to focus on becoming a complete running back and just showing everybody I can run between the tackles, around the tackles. I can do it all.

We can't worry about the possible history that's going to play into this game. We've got to take it as another football game. ... We've got to focus on this game, not get caught up in the hype. We've got to focus on this team and this team alone.

We have a lot of heart on this team. We just don't give up. I think that sums it all up. We just keep fighting until we win the game.

We never gave up, and the world didn't think we were going to win this game. It's just great to win a game like this.

We ain't stopped. And we're not going to stop.

We pride ourselves on being able to make those kinds of plays. We were surprised they came up with the stop there.

This shows this is a great program. Coach Carroll has brought this program back up to where it used to be. USC was down for a while, but Coach brought us back and today speaks for itself. We're definitely on our way to qualifying as a dynasty.

When you join the NFL, you start from scratch. As long as I've been playing - which has been since I was eight years old - the game becomes harder at every level. Little league, high school, college - they're different stages you have to go through, and professional sport is completely different again.

We've been looking for a house for two to three months. I was looking for a house for my parents, something to take care of them. That's the fun thing about this process. You get to buy your parents nice things. It just happened that we found one.

We have a case, a situation that's been blown out of proportion due to maybe my public image. There is nothing to be worried about from our perspective. We've done nothing wrong.

We just know if we play to the end, we'll find a way to win. We always do.

This year, I haven't had many opportunities. They've sky punted me. They've pinned me on the sidelines. Most of the time, they kick it high and short.

What does he bring? Everything. He brings energy. We feed off his energy.

We had the momentum going, and you just get caught up sometimes trying to make a big play. Sometimes, you've got to know when to harness that and just get the first down.

I shoved him as hard as I could.

I used all 200 pounds of my body to push Matt in.

These are the type of games we live for, we die for, we love to be in.

The special thing about our team is everybody's able to put their egos aside and focus on the team.

I've always been a big PlayStation fan. Even when the Xbox first came out, I stuck with the PlayStation. I think it's because when the Xbox first came out, the controller was so different that you just automatically assumed that it was harder to play, and I always just stuck with that notion.

Sometimes it works in your favor, sometimes it doesn't.

That's when they had Jerry Rice and Steve Young. I used to love watching them. But that doesn't mean that's where I want to play next year.

This is by far the best win I have ever been part of. We never gave up and the world didn't think we were going to win.

This is something I have dreamed of since Pop Warner (youth league). I have struggled with this decision. I don't know if it was a good decision.

This has all been blown out of proportion due to my public image. There is nothing to worry about. We've done nothing wrong.

There was no excuse for those errors. We are a national champion team.

The relationships that I have built here with my teammates and with the students here has been great. It's something that will last forever.

It's everything I dreamed of. I was used to the media attention, and playing at USC prepared me for it because I was always in the spotlight.

It was so quick, I don't think people really caught on to it until after.

It reminds me of how the Lakers games used to be: You look on our sideline and there are celebrities everywhere.

I trust coach Carroll. I believe in him. I thought we should have gone for it. I thought we'd make it. But coach Carroll has put us in situations to win a lot of games, so you have to trust him.

It's a happy day. I don't think it's a sad time. It was tough. ... You want to please everybody. You want to return for your senior season.

For me, being an every-down back is key. It's one of my goals, and I think little things are going to help me do that, like pass blocking. The little things that are going to help you stay in there every down are the things I'm going to have to possibly work on.

It's like everybody is telling me I'm going pro. They're not giving me an option. Everybody else feels like I should go pro. Right now I'm not worried about that.

It's going to be a great, long relationship.

It's been a great run. We've done some special things. I don't think we should be ashamed about anything.

It's unfortunate things didn't work out. It would have been real sweet winning it again in our hometown. But we've got nothing to hang our heads down about. Nobody can take away what we accomplished here.

Even with me leaving, I definitely expect them to come back for the national championship.

That just means that the Texans get the first pick, and that's it. There's no real emotion that played into it. Like I said, I'm not even focused on what's going on with the NFL right now. We need to be worried about what's going on with this game and winning the national championship.

It's an advantage for us. It's like a home game for us. We don't have to travel, we don't have to do any of that stuff, we don't have to worry about distractions.

It's amazing to be able to play the sport that I grew up loving so much and that I have a strong passion for. I'm just having a ball. There's a lot of pressure that comes with being in the spotlight and being a superstar and a role model, but I'm enjoying it.

It's harder for a quarterback to go in and be successful as opposed to a running back. You can't go in and expect to have success right away. I know there are going to be mistakes, but hopefully not too many.

Oh, no, not months. I have to play football, you know what I mean?

I want the Saints to be one of those teams where when other teams see us on the schedule, they know they're in for one hell of a game.

It tells me they still like David Carr. I guess it gives me a pretty good idea what they?re thinking.

This is like everybody is playing high-stakes poker. Everyone has their sunglasses on (and) ... you can't control it. You have to trust the organization to make the decision based on who they feel will most help the team.

I'm not going to let anybody dictate to us when we should speak about something.

I'm curious about it. I would like to see what happens. I'm a fan of football in general. You know, whatever happens in this game, it won't have any effect on me. Obviously it will just mean who gets the first pick in the NFL draft.

I'm about to make it right now with my first pitch.

I'm sure it will all be worked out in a matter of weeks and that all the answers will be the right ones.

I know that David Carr is a great quarterback, and Andre -- is it Johnson or Davis? -- Andre Johnson is a great receiver.

I like rugby - I watch it from time to time. It's basically football without pads but probably a little bit more dangerous than football. You've got to be a lot tougher in that sport - but I definitely like watching rugby and watching those guys knock each other around. It looks like a fun sport.

I?m just a normal guy in general. I know a lot of people might see me as a celebrity, but I?m just a normal guy who likes to do normal things. Hang out with his friends ... go shopping ... play video games.